{"id":44765,"date":"2009-09-16T21:25:33","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T04:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=44765"},"modified":"2009-09-16T21:27:11","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T04:27:11","slug":"china-boosts-%e2%80%98great-firewall%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/09\/china-boosts-%e2%80%98great-firewall%e2%80%99\/","title":{"rendered":"China Boosts \u2018Great Firewall\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Radio Free Asia:<\/a><\/p>\n

China has successfully undermined key software used by its netizens to climb over the \u201cGreat Firewall,\u201d a sophisticated system of government-backed blocks and filters designed to limit what people can view online.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, basically, the network is not stable because of the blocking. It started probably Sept. 1,\u201d said Bill Xia, CEO of Dynamic Internet Technology, which created Freegate to circumvent government blocking.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince last Monday, we saw that it got worse and people started to find it more difficult to use the Freegate software\u2014it may have difficulty connecting to our network or after it gets connected then very soon they get disconnected,\u201d he said in an interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is getting close to National Day, so probably the government is spending more effort in trying to clampdown control of the Internet, at least around this time,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re trying more and more to block our software.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Radio Free Asia: China has successfully undermined key software used by its netizens to climb over the \u201cGreat Firewall,\u201d a sophisticated system of government-backed blocks and filters designed to limit what people can view online. \u201cRight now, basically, the network is not stable because of the blocking. 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